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Current Population Survey, 1973, and Social Security Records: Exact Match Data (ICPSR 7616)

Principal Investigator(s):Social Security Administration

Summary:

This data collection supplies standard monthly labor force
data for the week prior to the survey. Comprehensive information is
given on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 14
years old and older. Additional data are available concerning weeks
worked and hours per week worked, reason not working full-time, total
income and income components, and residence. This study matches data
taken from CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY: ANNUAL DEMOGRAPHIC FILE, 1973
(ICPSR 7564) with Social Security benefit and earnings records. Also
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This data collection supplies standard monthly labor force
data for the week prior to the survey. Comprehensive information is
given on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 14
years old and older. Additional data are available concerning weeks
worked and hours per week worked, reason not working full-time, total
income and income components, and residence. This study matches data
taken from CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY: ANNUAL DEMOGRAPHIC FILE, 1973
(ICPSR 7564) with Social Security benefit and earnings records. Also
included is a limited set of tax items furnished by the Internal
Revenue Service from the 1972 Federal Income Tax Returns. Information
on demographic characteristics such as, sex, ages, race, marital
status, veteran status, educational attainment, household
relationship, and Hispanic origin, is available for each person in the
household enumerated.

Study Description

Citation

Social Security Administration. Current Population Survey, 1973, and Social Security Records: Exact Match Data. ICPSR07616-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2001. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07616.v1

Universe:
Civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United
States including members of the armed forces living in civilian
housing units in March 1973.

Data Types:
survey data, and administrative records data

Data Collection Notes:

(1) All records contain weights, which must be used in
any analysis. (2) The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable
Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed
by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF
reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information
on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the
ICPSR Web site.

Methodology

Data Source:

personal interviews and Social Security and Internal
Revenue Service records

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:1984-03-18

Version History:

2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one
or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well
as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable,
and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to
reflect these additions.